Vivitar 3 in 1 Mini Digital Camera not working

Hello. I have a Vivitar 3 in 1 Mini Digital Camera. It does not show picture on my MacBook. It is a Still Camera, a Video Camera, and a Webcam. I've tried to use macam to get the webcam picture, and it recognizes the Camera, but it just won't display any video. All it displays is a black picture. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

First be sure you have tried following the instructions (if any) that came with the camera.
If one like this camera http://www.amazon.com/Vivitar-Mini-Digital-Camera-Video/dp/B000VSL01E is what you are trying to connect, I doubt that is will work as a webcam with your Mac, but you can try iUSBCam to see if that will get it going for you. Although your Vivitar is not in their list of supported cameras, that fact doesn't necessarily mean iUSBCam won't work for you. You can try the free Demo download to see if if will work with your little camera. If iUSBCam does not make your Vivitar work either, just follow the instructions on how to uninstall the iUSBCam demo and then use your iSight.
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